TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Lucrezia Borgia Ferrara

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... of great bankers from 13thC and sheep farmers. Medici dynasty the rulers of Tuscany showed great support for artists. Chianti full bodied red wine is grown in Tuscan region. One of famous wines produced in Tuscany. Many olive trees as well. Walking in Rome. Trevi fountain. Basilica Santa Maria. Used for Roman ...

... We arrived at Ferrara at 1345 and we had two and a half hours to wander the town. Warren visited the museum in the castle which he enjoyed. From here we caught a bus to meet our boat at the small village of Zelo. I think everyone fell asleep during the 45 minute trip after a 40 km day in bright sunshine and temperatures approaching 30 degrees. After dinner we wandered up to the localities where darts was popular. Warren and Alex were beaten by Marco and Guilliano in a tight ...

... written on sheep skin, and saw what they claimed was the oldest working clock in the world (built 1386). From here we cycled through the Po delta on a hot day to rendezvous with the ship at Porto Vida after 46 km. We boarded the Ave Maria and sailed to our final destination, Adria. We had read there was a good Archeological Museum here and we spent a great 1.5 hours with ...

I hadn't really realised how tiring constant travel can be until I arrived at Bologna. I found myself searching through tripadvisor looking for places to go and things to see, and apart from a few churches and half empty museums there was nothing. My host Matteo who took off to see his girlfriend in Switzerland the day after I arrived told me that I had to walk into the centre of Bologna from the apartment, because it wasn't far. So I did. By the time I had walked around ...

... the Villa Necchi Campaglio. An Art Deco building by architect Portaluppi. Afterwards I wandered over to Expogate. I left Milan for Bologna the next day where I met Elizabeth and Phillip for a couple of days. Elizabeth introduced me to her oldest friend Lesley. We went to the Escher exhibition, surveyed the gelaterie and ate well. A lot of fun. I really do love Bologna, and it's kilometres of porticos, wide streets coloured in terracottas and ocres. It has a scale that ...